I hate checking someone's feedback to see that they sold hundreds of key chains to score that high feedback

I think you're being overly paranoid here.

*I* think that somebody who made hundreds of people happy by selling, packaging up, and delivering on a timely basis hundreds of anything has earned my trust.

The amount of time and effort involved in accomplishing that is not such that it would be thrown away in the hopes of making a "big score."

If you're in doubt about a seller's character, read his feedback. Don't just look at his feedback score. Read the feedback. When you see over and over people saying things like "Great communication, fast shipping", and "Item arrived broken in the mail, and he took care of it, sent another immediately" you know you're dealing with a good person.

[brag] I have 100% positive feedback, and at least 105 of the 109 feedbacks I have mention "Fast pay" or "Instant payment" or "Lightning fast pay." On the basis of that feedback, I am considered a pretty good risk. [/brag]

In all of my transactions on eBay, I have only been burned one time. A seller stole his boss' user account, and sold the same $60 DVD player to half a dozen people before skipping town. Truth be told, I got more enjoyment out of bitching about being ripped off, writing threatening letters, commiserating with friends, etc., than I ever would have gotten from the DVD player itself.

So, don't worry so much about eBay things. I save so much money buying things on eBay that even if I did get cheated on some things, I'd still be 'way ahead of the game. And that's what you have to do: treat it as game and enjoy the experience as well as the merchandise.

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